[TVARC] Greyline Antennas & New User

[Marty Santic]

I am considering the OCF dipole flagpole as designed by John Portune.
RADIALS are NOT required.  Has anyone in TVARC tried this design?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwimx-nT_sjrAhXHUs0KHeWXCPwQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w6nbc.com%2Farticles%2Fharborfreightflagpole.pdf&usg=AOvVaw33qVEqRDEKJv6GztkJaUjA

On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 1:24 PM w3us at casa-aloha.net <w3us at casa-aloha.net>
wrote:

> Hello Steve and welcome back to HAM radio.
>
> Doug, W9DAL, has a Greyline OCF antenna and has had nothing but problems
> getting it to work with high power as well as vendor issues.  Doug is on
> this reflector, so he may jump in here.
>
> That said, we both plan to build a Hustler 6BTV trap vertical inside a 3”
> i.d. PVC pipe (the flagpole).  We are encouraged by a couple of other
> TVRC’ers who have done this.  The downside of great vertical performance is
> the requirement for an extensive radial field.  We don’t plan to skimp on
> that, but it will require a good deal of work.  DX Engineering has a great
> article on construction of the Hustler series of verticals if you are
> interested:
> https://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/instructions/dxe-btv-inst-ins_oh.pdf
>
> Again welcome,
> Rusty - W3US
>
> On Aug 30, 2020, at 16:32, Steve Ro <wa4iku.steven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is my first time posting.  I am a seasonal owner (at this point)
> spending my summers in rural central Virginia and winters in The Villages
> (Villa Berea, Polo Ridge).  No doubt that I will eventually go full time.
>
> I have been a Ham for 50 years but COVID got me back on the air after 36
> years off.  So, I am operating from Virginia but want to also operate from
> Florida.  I am looking at HF antenna options at a Villa and I have reviewed
> the club web site.
>
> Has anyone used the Greyline Flagpole antennas? My Villa is a golf course
> view with a nature preserve on the other side of the gold course.  Thus, I
> have neighbors on each side but no houses behind me.  My front "yard" is
> nothing and I have no grass. No place for a flagpole in the front and there
> are others here who have flagpoles in their back patios areas.
>
> I have looked at the Greyline 20 ft antenna as one solution to my needs.
> Any comments welcome.
>
> Anyway, I am happy to be back on the air with CE, SSB and RTTY.  My wife
> and I both fly and have airplanes, one of which we bring to Florida when we
> come (Dunnellon Airport).  If anyone out there is also a pilot, let me know.
>
> Thanks, Steve Roth  WA4IKU
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Marty Santic ----- W9EAA - EAA Chapter 75 Newsletter Co-Editor - RV-12
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